Placed Their Kfunp on It.
In Malacca and in Ceylon larfre
commercial firms are jieruiittoil to
print tlipir names on the, pontage
stamps to preveut theft of stamps on
tho part of their employes. In that
way Ceylon stamps are often consid
ered great treasures when bearing the
name of "Cave" in small Mark capi
tals, while this snreliargo means noth
ing but the imprint of a wealthy tea
planter. Some CJreat Britain Btamps
are also found with the initials of vari
ous firms perforated across the stamps.
This is also to prevent theft.
Turwntln Ami Mice.
Driving away mice from infected
cellars is an easy matter when oil of
turpentine is nsed. It seems that the
little rodents have a very pronounced
antipathy for the odor and some wool
en ras soaked in oil of turpentine
and plnced in front of the holes by
which mice enter will keep them away,
if this experiment is repeatod for sev
eral weeks it will eventually keep the
mice away entirely.
What "ton Will nuy.
ft mm. counw in Wood' Now York School of
Holiness mill Shorthand, Tuition. Hooks, Hoard.
The unlimited nosiibillti' of sortirlntr ffon-l
positions. F. K. Wonn, M.h Ave. and luth bt.
Good Attendance! at Asrrlcnltural Fairs.
Agricultural fairs sre being more largoly
attendd! this T'XT than over before
There Is more Catarrh In this section of the
countrv than sll other diseases put tacther.
and until thelast few years was supposed to bo
incurnhle. Fur a arrest many years doctors
pronounced It a local disease and prescribed
local remedies, end by constantly falling to
cure with lornl treatment, pronounced It in
curable. Science has proven cattrrb to he a
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Hall' Catarrh ('tire,
ninnufaotiired by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo,
Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure on the
market. It Is taken internally In doses from
lodrops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any caso
it falls to cure. Kend for circulars and testi
monials. Address F.J. Ciienev& (Jo., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 7fic.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Try Graln-OI Try Graln-O
Ask your grocor to-day to show yoo pack
age of Grain-O, the new food drink that tata
the place of coffee. The children may drink
It without injury as well ss the adult. All
who try it like It. Oraio-0 bus that rich seal
brown of Monha or Java, but it is mnde from
pure grains, end the mist delicate stomach re
ceives it without distress. One-quarter the
price 01 com, id cts. ana k as. per p.icitaire.
CO!
old by all grocers.
Fits nermanent.lv cured
No fits or nervous
pess after first day's use of I)r. Klinu'a (Jreat
Nerve Restorer. Atrial bottle and treatise free
Uli. It. II. Ki.inb, Ltd..ttll Arch M.,lJlilla.,Pa.
I coud not Ret alonn without Plso's Cure
for Consumption. It always cures. Mrs. K. C.
Moui.ton, Needham, Slavs., Oetolier 23, pwi.
The spasms of pain that rack tho rheumatic
are relieved bv fllonn's Sulphur Soap.
Hill's Hair & Whisker Dye, black or brown, Jc.
IT IS TRUE
That Hood's Snrsaparillo cures whon all
other medicines (nil to do any good what
ever. Being peculiar iu combination,
proportion and process. Hood's Barsapa
rllla possesses peculiar curative power.
It absolutely oud permanently cures all
diseases originating la or promoted by
Impure blood. Romouiber
Hood's SaPra8rt,-,a
Is the liest In fact the OneTrue blood Pnrlllnr.
Hftt'l'e Dilla th best family cathartic
ilUWtl S rlllS and liver stimulant.
ADWAY'S
PBLLS,
Always Reliable, Purely Vegetable.
rwiwuy ift"TioHH,eieL'antiv coated, purge, reini.
lntv, jHirtly. irlnaiirw aihl H'miL'tlit-ii. HAbWAY'H
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iwtm, VerilKO, CuHtlvetiwH, Pile.
SICK HEADACHE,
FEMALE COMPLAINTS,
BILIOUSNESS.
am mm a a
inuivts 1 iuh,
DYSPEPSIA,
CONSTIPATION
AMI
All Disorders of the LIVER.
Observe the fouontng symptoms, resulting from
atMfnseh of the tllKes'lve iriAiis: OnstipsMnn. I11-
wsril plies, fullness of m.hiu in the head, aridity of
the Htoliuv-h, nausea, heartburn, disgust of food.
luiiiimui -ium hi i ur sioinaru, sour emcietloDS
IiirinK or nutterlnu of the heart, elu.klnu or suit..:
rating entius when in s Ivina posture, dlmiiens
of vision, dots or wetis )efore the slht. fever and
,0111 1'siu in mo nn.,1, uenrieuev ol perspiration, yel
Inwiiesn of the skin anil avhm. i.ln In tl.u.t.1., ..I.!
IlitilMl, atid sudden flushes of heat, burning 'ill the
A few doses of RADWAY'S PIM.8 will free the
ayxtetQ of all ol the above-named disorders.
Prii e US etc. a box. bold by druggist or sent
hencito UU.K AOWAY & CO., lock box Ml,
New York, for book of Advice.
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puuml in at all aorta of mt,,r
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'I can
sincerely say that I
f owe my Ilia to Ayer's 1
I Sarsapurilla. For seven
years I Buttered, with I
that terrible scourycl
' Scrofula. In niy shouhlei 1
f and my anu. Every means!
f of cure was tried without suc-1
r cosi. i bail a good physician 1
' who tiled In every way to liehd
f me. I was told to taka Ayer's I
f Suriaparillu. I Immediately be-
f fan Its use and after taking seven 1
I bottles ot this remedy tho scrofula!
r was entirely cured." Mrs. J. A. Gen- I
I TLE, t ort Fairfield, Me., Juu. ftj, 1'JC 1
WEIGHTY WORDS
FOR
1
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,,v"iS'irVliU
i o ai
an
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
IHaroverlra In the Kara ftea.
In these days of travel it is interest
ing to observe that there are some
places on the face of the globe which'
are still unexplored. M. NossilofT,
the Itussian explorer, lias arrived at
Tinmen from the Kara Hea. He hat
made important discoveries connected
with intercourse betweeu .Siberia and
Enrope, especially a direct waterway,
which is considerably shorter than the
older one, and is not affected by the
sea ice, M. Nossiloff also announce
that he has investigated the hitherto
unexplored Yalmal I'eninsular.
Funerals In Olden Times.
Americans awakened more quie.klj
than tho English people to the folliei
of a burdensome and expensive funeral,
and iu 1821 Judpre Hewall noted tin
first public funeral "without scarfs'
in Itoston. In 1741 the provincia
court of Massachusetts enacted tha'
"no Scarves or Gloves, except six pail
to the bearers and one pair to eacl
miiiister of the church or congregation
where any deceased persons belong,
no wine, rum or rings be allowed t
be given at any funeral npon tho pen
alty of 30. " The law must have beet
a dead letter, but it certainly had its
influence in curtailing expenses, as
various newspaper notices show. Btill,
this century, a New England funera1
was a pompons affair, and it mnst,bf
confessed, far from being in all re
spects a gloomy afiair. Hawthorne
says:
"Look back through all the social
customs of New England in the first
century of her existence, and read all
her traits of character and find one oc
casion, other than a funeral feast,
where jollity was sanctioned by uni
versal practice."
New Englaud was ever present at a
New England funeral to solace and to
cheer bereaved monmcrs. All drank
before the procession to the grave, and
many ilrank after. Nearly all the
itemized funeral bills I have seen un
til this century were large in items of
rum, whisky, lemons, loaf sugar and
spices. Hpiced eider was a favorite
drink at a funeral. Wheu a beloved
minister chanced to die, his church, or
more often tho town, outdid itself iu
liberal liquid provision for the funeral.
Nor were town paupers foreotton in
death. A barrel of cider or two or
three gallons of rum were supplied by
the town as the final item of expense
for the "town poor."
Judge bewail spoke of a visit to his
family tomb as an "awful yet pleasing
treat." No less plainly do the entries
in his dairy show that every funeral
ho attended was to him a treaWa
great social treatment. He served
readily and officially as pallbearer at
thirty funerals, and iu every case but
one received scorf, ring and gloves.
ne couia not attend one funeral lest
ho should hear the burial service ol
the Episcopal Church, which, he said,
was "a lying, very bad office; makes
no difiereuce between the precious or
tho vile." Chicago ISecord.
Love In Gnatainala.
If a writer in the Chicago Inter
Ocean is to be believed, the laws of
etiquette in Guatemala are excessively
strict. All love afl'uirs, it appears, are
carried on by stealth. "The would-be
lover, domed admission to the presence
of his inamorata, frequents the street
in front of her house and spends most
of hia waking hours in pacing the pave
ment and gazing rapturously ut her
window, while she snugly ensconced
behind her bars, pretends to ignore
him, though secretly delighted to have
a suitor and anxious to show him oil
to all her acquaintances. Iu Spain
this courting in public at long range
is kuown as 'plucking the turkey; in
Guatemala, as iu Mexico, it is called
'playing the bear.' Always it is con
tinned for months ; sometimes for years,
and maybe without success at all. The
result does not depend upon the wishes
of the girl, but upon the will of her
parents. After a while they make in
quiries into the young man's charac
ter, prospects and social standing. If
reports are satisfactory, the senorita's
father or big brother scrapes up an ac
quaintance with the suitor at the club
or elsewhere and invites him to the
bouse. But never, never, for one mo
ment is he allowed to see her alone, or
to walk or drive with her. As to mar-
riago, a civil as well as religious cere
mony is insisted upon by the Govern
meut. By law the civil ceremony must
preoede that of the church and by cus
tom the latter is a most tedious and
lengthy affair. Borne little contrast,
isn t there, between all this amatory
red tape and the free and easy method
01 tne young people of tho United
States?"
Earnings of Some M'oiueu.
One of the pioneer women doctors
in England, Mrs. Garrett Anderson.
at one of the jubilee congresses spoke
of the earnings of successful women
as running from $1000 to 85000 per
auuum. The London Woman Kays the
uiguest sum is one seldom reached,
however. Ou the other ham), the
New York Evening Post says that
85000 may be a very large sum for a
female physician to earn in London iu
a yoar, but tuoie are a number of Nc
York women doctors who can point to
twice that sum as tho result of their
professional labors for a twelvemonth.
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m
Woman'! Ways.
Tbey talk about a woman's Bihero
As though It hail a limit.
There's uot a plane la earth or heaven,
There's not a task to mankluit given,
There's not a blessing or a woe,
There's not a whisper "yes" or "no,"
There's not a lite, a (loath, a birth,
There's Dot a feather's weight of worth,
Without a womnn In It.
Kate Field, in The Amerlnau.
Hints For IMrnlrkers.
Frequently ice is hard to keep at
hand with campers and picnickers,
and the food suffers for the want of it.
A common clay flowerpot may be made
good use of in keeping the butter cool
and firm. Dace the pot over the
plate of butter and wrap around it a
cloth wet in cold water, sprinkling
water over the outside of the cloth as
it becomes dry. Milk will remain cool
and sweet if treated in the same man
ner. Throwing Ktrei nnl Rllpers.
In the Ladies' Home Journal Ed
ward W. Bok notes the abuse of the
pretty custom of casting a small parcel
of rice or a dainty slipper after a de
parting bride and groom -an unspoken
Godspood. "The dainty slipper," he
also says, "has been transformed in
to the shoe of doubtful origin, and
thrown with force and accuracy, caus
ing no end of discomfort. And this is
what two pretty customs have degen
erated into. They have been vulgar
ized, a.nd, therefore, the sooner they
pass into disuse the better. The sen
timent of the customs has been lost.
Rice and shoes are no longer omens of
good luck. The moderu thrower of
them has transformed them into mis-
Biles with which to annoy and mortify
the bride and groom. The better
class of people have already begun to
substitute the shower of rose petals,
and this new and far more beautiful
idea is rapidly being followed. We
might have preserved tho old customs,
but we have not. Uenceforth, pro
miscuous rice-throwing and the cast
ing of old shoes at weddings will be
left to the boors of our modern soci-
ty, into whose hands these acts have
fallen, and who seem happiest when
they can convert the graceful customs
of olden times into practical jokes."
Grcut Vofctio For Hepped (Silks.
There will bo a great vogue during
the winter season of repped silks of
every description aud color, corded
silk and wool, and all-wool materials.
The new silks have ordinary, medium.
aud extra heavy reps, these appearing
in black aud a wide range of handsome
dyes, both for day and evening dresses.
These silks will lie used for gowns en
tire, and also iu combination with other
stylish fabrics. Fancy cords with shot
or jaspered grounds make more or less
elegant and drossy gowns, with often
a relief in brocado, moire, or velvet,
There are also broche changeable
satins shown among new goods at the
importing houses, some of exceedingly
ueautitul quality ana lustre that have
very faiutly shot grounds iu twocolors.
with unusually small broche figures of
the one or the other color of the gown
thrown upon tho surface: for instance.
a reseda aud rose-colored ground, with
a rich dumask rose-bud design of min
ute size. These will make lovely toi
lets for all sorts of occasions, accord'
ing to the colors iu the silk and the
degreo of decorotiou employed. Other
more showy silks for evening wear are
iu larger chine effects, that look very
mncu line water-color paintings. Tom
padour silks of exceedingly bold pat
tern anu vivid coloring are designed
exclusively for very full-dress occa
sions. These silks require to be toned
down rather than the contrary by their
garnitures or combinations. New
York Post.
Fractical Women's Clubs.
Our German sisters here at home
are much more practical than we are.
Most of the clubs of American women
are devoted to literature, musio,
church work, art or education, while
most of the clubs of the German wo
men in our owu laud are formed for
bouevolent purposes, for sick or aoct
dent iusuruuee, for social games and
lor housewifery.
mere is less need ol clubs among
uerman womeu tliau among Amen
cans. Iu one respect it must be con
fessed these wonieu are very tulented
They do not separate the husband,
the parents and children as we do.
Very few of the American clubs for
meu allow womeu to cross the thresh
old except upon "ladies' day" ouce or
twice a year, while a majority of the
German clubs not only permit ther
members to bring their wives, sisters
and daughters, but encourage them in
so doing.
The two greatest German clubs of
New York are tho Ariou aud Lieder
krauz, and in Brooklyn in the Baen
gerbund and Germriuiu it is excep
tional not to find the gentler sex iu
the beautiful halls and magnificent
libraries aud reading rooms, or the
exquisitely furnished restaurants.
Our uiusicul societies are too apt
to invite only men or only womeu to
their rehearsals, while the Germau
associations invite families rather
than individuals.
German women's clubs are there
fore fewer thau those of their Amer
icau neighbors. Their benevolent an
insurance leagues are extremely iu
genious and enable a woman ol very
slender resources or the wife of
poor husband to have the sume phy
sician, medicine and attendance as her
wealthy sister.
Their reading subscription clubs
enable each member for a small sum
to receive and read the leading week
lies aud luuguzincs in English an
German, and at the eud of the year
to have a merry lottery iu which they
divide, according to chance, all the
publications employed during the
period.
The Housewifery Club of New York
is intended to facilitate domestic
work. The club itself keeps a list of
servants whom they certify after hav
lug examined all the references an
convinced themselves of the girl'i
ability, honesty and faithfulness.
The member huu do trouble in se
enring s servant, being obliged only
to write a postal card to the club
secretary, which is promptly answered
by the girl in person. To keep up
the girl's iuterest and enthusiasm the
club pays her a prize at the end of a
certain time if her work has been sat-
sfactory. New York Mail and Ex
press.
Gossip.
Mrs. Louisa 8ebru. of Fayette, Mo.,
is said to be the oldest representative
of the postal service in this country.
Bhe held office in 1812.
Miss Mary McLean, daughter of the
Eov. J. C. McLean, of the Pacifio
Theological Seminary, has accepted
the chair of English literature in Stan
ford University, California.
Mount Holyoke College has a new
elective course to train young women
who propose to enter journalism or to
teach English, and it is to be triod for
the first time the next college year.
The Wesleyan College at Macon. Ga..
claims to be the first college iu the
world to confer a diploma upon
women. In 1840 this college con
ferred a diploma upon Mrs. Catherine
Brewer Benson.
In Louisiana a colored woman
passed the necessary medical examina
tion and received a license to practice
medicine. These honors come not
without hard work and are rewards of
merit, not gifts of favoritism.
Teresina Tua, the violinist, now the
Countess Franchi-Verney, has been
nominated an officer of the Freuch
Academy, having been proposed by
M. Hanotaux, Minister of Foreign
Affairs. The artist formerly Btudied
at the Conservatory of Paris.
French statistics show that there
are now 12150 women in France who
earn their living as authors or writing
for newspapers, while there are only
700 painters and sculptors of that sex.
Among the writers are 1000 novelists,
200 lyrio poets and 150 who publish
children's stories and educational
works,
The appointment of Elsa Eschels.
sohn to the professorship of civil law
at tho University of Upsala, Swedin,
recalls the fact that she is the second
woman professor of university rank in
Sweden. The late Sonya Kovalevsky
was appointed professor of mathe
matics in the University of Stockholm
in 1881.
The granddaughter of the natural
ist, John J nines Audubon, Miss Maria
Audubon, of Salem, N. Y., has worked
for twelve years in tho translation of
her grandfather's unpublished jour
nals, which woro written in French,
the letters being so small that a mag-
unying glass was necessary to de
cipher many of them.
Mrs. Susau B. Anthony lu a reoent
speech at a dinner, given her by the
women of Adams, Mass., said: "If
you want to do anything in token of
the Bervice I have been permitted to
tho way to give that token is to
put on your armor and do what you
can to secure equality for women,
their equal share in goverumont."
Mrs. Mary Page, widow of the late
Elder D. D. Page, has been called to
the pastorate of tho Washington Street
Advent Christian Church, Concord.
N. II., and she will assume pastoral
duties September 1. She was licensed
to preach by the New Hampshire Con
ference Inst October, and is the second
woman to be licensed in that State.
Fashion Motes.
Lace that has grown too yellow from
age can be whitened by covering with
a jupsuda aud allowing it to stand in
the sun.
Flounoes aud frills are arrauged up
on the skirts of the latest Freuch
gowns to simulate overskirts, long,
short, medium, pointed, square and
slashed.
A pretty skirt garniture consists of
tiny ruffles put ou in clusters of three
and extending either to the knee or to
the waist, according to the height of
the wearer.
A creamy ecru shade, now so fash-
iouable, can be given to white lace
after washing it by putting strained
ooffce in the riusiug wuter uutil the
right color is obtained.
Do not fail to run a skirt braid along
the uuder edge of street skirts or lineu
or heavy cotton goods uuless you pre-
ter to see the eiige cut out after wear
ing them a few times.
Cornflower blue, with black chan-
tilly, is a pretty combination. A sym
phony iu gray is easily achieved by a
ueucute gray crepe gown and a gray-
plumed hut, with a glimpse of steel, a
tulle bow at the throat of the same
shade aud a chill'uu parasol with judo
handle.
For present wear are very handsome
models iu black silk of the new highly
repped weave, made with a round
waist, trimmed with black velvet rib
bon in rows, and a yoke of white lace
applique iu rich guipure designs. The
skirt is in the latest three-piece bell
shape, which has a bias seam down
the back.
A novel as well as very charming
hat has made its uppearauce. It is of
medium size, made of soft, rose-colored
Bilk tulle over a wire shape, the tulle
rather pale iu tint aud put on very
full. The front aud top of the hat are
entirely covered with a huge poppy of
silk, iu shaded pink. It is finished at
the back, which is turned up a little,
with au artistic black-velvet ribbon
bow, with a lurge and very elaborate
cut-steel buckle.
The parsois tins season are more
elaborute thau for some time past,
special attention being paid to their
liuingri. These are often of chill'ou,
ruched or putted or kilted, finished at
the edge with laco frilliugs aud bouil
loues. Oue notable specimen of
Freuch manufacture hasbeeu arranged
not only with chill'ou, but with roses
and butterflies hovering over it. The
handles are, of course, very haudsome,
aud bear the owuef'i! monogram iu
lewel
eel
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK tVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.
A Fulse Friend K fleet of Drink ITpnn Cy
clist Champions of the Wheel Ray
Thnt Even Moderate Inilnlvenre In
Liquor Is Injurious A Victim of Drink.
In all professions nlcoliol Is seen
To bo a triem! familiar, foe, I ween;
'Mid lawyers, doctors, artists, engineers,
Professors, authors, lie a friend appears.
And piles Ms trade, aud plays bis wicked
game
By falsely stating he enn win them fame!
And as to poets, many were, alnsl
Too prono to Urluk, too freo to love the
glass,
Which oft they praised, "Id honeyed lies of
rhyme"
A waste of genluslittle short of crime.
Hut how bos alcohol his promise kept?
Ah, well ye know who huve so often wept
O'er fallen genius over minds destroyed
O'er brilliant Intellects made uurk and
void;
O'er gifted business men become, a wreck,
Like some poor passengor washed off the
deck.
Drink anil Cyclists.
Zimmerman, the world's champion, says
to eycliKts:
"Don't smoko, It depresses the heart and
shortens the wiud. Don't drink drink
never wins rnces. I hnve trophies nt home
which would have belonged to others If
they had left liquor alone."
And J. rarsons, the llfty-m!lo Victorian
ohamplon, who does uot smoke, and has
given up alcoholic stimulants, says:
"I abandoned even moderate, ludulgnnoe
In liquor becnuso I could not win rnces
when so Indulging. Since I refrained al
together from drink I have started lu five
rnces and have won four the fifty-mile
championship, the Victoria road races,
and the hnlf-milo and ton-mile races In
Adelaide."
While Mr. Tebbutt, on bolng asked his
opinion, replied:
"Well, It sometimes happens that a non
abstnlner wins, but invariably they have
kept off the drink forsometlme previous to
tho race, mid wheu tbey start drinking
again their 'form' goes off. la raolng you
require your head dear, for so much de
pends upon your judgment from first to
Inst. In tho race yesterday I rode better In
the final than In the previous raoes, and
without feeling the least excited, though
there wero twolvo of us nil Intent on win
ning. The excitement caused by partaking
of liquor would havo taken away my cool
headedness." And he added:
"A young feilow-oyclint recently accom
panied me on a long rond Journey which
caused us some fatigue. He fancied a glass
of whisky would stimulate him a bit. Well,
it did for about a quarter of an hour, but
after thnt he was ten times worse, ami I
bad to slow off to enable him to keep up
with me at all. This is only one case out
of several of similar ofToct which have come
under uiy notloo."
A Victim of Dissipation.
Who of his time possessed a greater or
more versatile mind or a keener sense of
what was right than Robert Burns? Yet
his most ardent admirers must confess In
sorrow that ho was tho victim of strong
driuk. Iu early life he acquired a ta9to for
it and the bnblt of taking it. When only In
his nineteenth year, bo associated with
smugglers ou the Ayrshire coast, and be
came accustomed, as he tells us, "to scenes
of swaggering riot and roaring dissipation,
where he learned to till his glass and mix
without fear In a drunken squabble." He
also toils us that when he was learning flax
dressing at Irvine, when he was a little
moro than twenty years of age, on a Hog
mnnny night, lie "with some others was en
gaged (u a glorious carousal, when tbeshop
took Are and all was burned," and thnt put
an end to bis nax-dresslug. Yes, and it did
more than thnt, It strengthened the craving
for and the habit of taking drink.
And what terrible evidence we have In his
letters of the dissipated habits into which
he afterwards fell. After a drinking bout
lu ouo of his friend's houses, whon lu a
state of Intoxication, lie had boen guilty of
some Improprieties; next day, when writing
an apology to the lady of the house, ho con
cluded his lettor by saying, "O all ye pow
ers of decorum, whlspor to them (other
Indies who were present) that my errors,
though groat, were Involuntary that aa
Intoxicated man was the vilest of beasts."
In tho touching epitaph which ho wrote for
his owu tombstone, ho says:
"The poor Inhabitant billow
Was quick to learn and wise to know,
And keeuly felt the friendly glow
And softer flame;
But thoughtless follies laid him low
And staiu'd hie name"
Why He Unit Drinking.
A protesuional gentleman who was ac
customed to take his morning glass, stopped
Into a saloon, and going up to the bar
called for whisky. A seedy individual
stopped up to hlm'und said:
"1 say, squire, can't you ask an uufor
tunate fellow to join you?"
Ho was annoyed by the man's familiarity
and roughly told him:
"I am not la the habit of drinking with
tramps."
The tramp roplled:
"You need not be so cranky and high
minded, my friend. I venture to say that
I am of iust as good a family as vou are.
have just as good aa education, and before.
1 took to drink wns Just as respectable as
you are. What is more, I always knew
now to act the goutloman. Take mv word
lor It, you stick to John liarleyoorn, and ha
win tiring you to just tne same place I am."
Htruck with his words, the gentleman
set dowu his glass aud turned to look at
him. ills eves were bloodshot, his face
bloated, bis boots luismated, his clothing
uiiuy.
l nen, was it urluklng that made you
like this?"
Yes, it was, and It will bring you to the
same ir you stick to it."
l'li'king up lilx untouched glass, be
poured tho contents upon the floor and
said, "Then it's time I quit," una left the
saioon, never to enter it again.
A Common Delusion.
"The most sulitlu and deceitful hoDe
which ever existed, and one which wrecks
the happiness of many a younit k-lrl's lllo
writes itev. Mr. Moody lu the Ladles' Home
Journal, "Is tho common delusion that a
woman can tt reform a man t.y marrying
mm. ii is a inyxtery to uie now people cau
be so hllnded to the hundreds of cases In
evurv community, where totteriua homes
buve fallen and iuuocent lives have been
wrecked because some young crirl has per
sisted la marrying a scoundrel In tha hope
ot saving in in. I nave never known sucli a
union, and I linvo gceu hundreds of them
result iu uuvtliiiii; hut sadness aud disaster.
Let no young girl ttituk that she may be
aide to aeeumplish what a loving mother
or Bympntuetio sisters ui.Ve been unable to
do. before there is auv coutrnct of mar-
rlnge there snould bo convincing proof that
mere uus tiueu real ana tuorougti regenera
tion. "
btern But KITcctlve.
The surgeon In charge of the troops at
Tuncouver burracks has a stum, effective
treatment lor druukeuness, tne matu teat'
ureg of which are. In brief, the stomach
pump, Btomucn cleauHlng wltu a strong
solution of soda, a bowl of hot beef extract
with cayenne pepper, uu hour's rest, return
to work. Tho malady Is sutd to he on the
decrease.
The National Commissioner of the De
partment of Labor, Hon. Carroll D. Wright,
uuder the authority of Congress, is carry
lug ou au exhaustive Investigation into the
economic aspects of the ulcohollo liquor
trnlllo. His report Is expected to bo ready
wllhlu a yuur.
We feel bound to enter a solemn warning
agaltiMt the use of iutoxlcatlng liquors at
social tallies. The puuoli-bowl Is csteomed
lndispimsdble at even the simplest recep
tion, und ut evening eutertuiumeuts wiues
are ubuudiint, aud even stronger liquors
are ofteu placed In a cuuvculuut room for
the gentlouieu. At such times youug men,
aud youug women, too, drink too freely.
Many who take nothing else take punch or
wiue. It may be suid tliey do not get iu
toxicuted, aud probably tliey seldom do
then nnd there. Hut the habit Is thus
formed that ruiug multitudes. A few load
ing ladles In any city cau oliauge this, If
tlioy will. Let wines bo hunisUod from a
dozen foremost ruxeptious, aud they will
disappear from all others. --The l'resby-tcrluu.
A MOTHER'S EFFORT.
A Mother Nee Her Daughter In a Pitiful
Condition, but Manages to Ketone
Her.
From the A'eie Era, Orerniburg, it J.
The Ht. Paul correspondent for tlie yei
Em recently had an Item regarding the case
of Mabel Stevens, who had Just recovered
from a serious Illness of rheumatism and
nervous trouble, and wns able to bo out for
the first time In three months. The letter
stated that It wns a very bad caso and her
reoovery wns considered such a surprise to
the neighbors that it created considerable
gossip.
Uelng anxious to lenrn tho absolute fnets
In the case, a special reporter wns sent to
have a talk with the girl and her pnrentB.
They were not at home, however, being
some dlstnnce nwny. A messnge was scut
to Mr. Stevens, asking him to write up a
in ii iiisiory oi uio case, ana a lew tlnys ago
the following letter was received from Mrs.
Btcvens:
"Ht. rxtit.. Ixn.. Jnn. 20. 1R97.
Editors AVin Era, Oreensburg, Ind.
"llKAn Hiss: Your kind letter received
and I am glad to hnve the opportunity to
tell yon about the sickness and recovery of
Mnbel. We don't want any newspaper no
toriety, but In a case like this where a few
words of what I hnve to say may menu re
oovery for some child, I feel It my duty to
tell you of her case.
Two venrs bko this winter Mnbel hnrnn
complaining of pains lu her limbs, princi
pally in her lower llmbg. she wns going to
soiiooi, anu nna to wnlk about three quar
ters of a mile ench day, going through all
kinds of weather. She was thirteen venrs
old nnd doing so well In her studies thnt I
disliked to take hor from school but we had
to do It.
"For sovcrnl months she wns confined tn
the house, and she grew pale and dwindled
down to almost nothing. Hor legs and
arms were drawn up and her appearance
wns pitiful. Hevernl doctors had attended
her, but It seemed that none of them did
her any good. Thev ndvincd m tn tnlre l,,.r
to t no springs, but times were so hard we
could not afford It, although we finally
managed to get her to the Martinsville
pains. Here she grew suddenly weaker,
and It seemed thnt she could not stnnd tt,
but Bhe liecnme better, and It seemed that
(he was being benefited, but she suddenly
grew worse, and we had to bring her home'.
nne lingered along, and Inst winter be
ame worse again, and wns afflicted with a
nervous trouble almost like the St. Vitus'
dance. For some tlmo we thought she
would dio, and the physicians gave her up.
When she wns at her worst a nelirhhnrcnme
In with a box of Dr. Wllllnms'PInk Pills for
Pnle People and wanted us to try them ns
they were advertised to bs good for such
sases, and her daughter had used them for
nervousness with such good results thnt
he thought they might help Mabel.
"Wo tried them. The first box helpod
her some, and after she had tnken three
boxes she wns able to sit up In bed. When
she had finished a half dosen boxes she was
able to be out and about. She has taken
about nine boxes altogether now, and she
is as well as ever, aud irolnir to sehnnl
every dny, having stnrtod In ngnln three
weeks ngo. Her cure was undoubtedly
due to these pills."
(mgnoii) Mrs. Amanda Stevens."
Dr. Williams' Tink Pills for Pnle Peonle
contain, in a condensed form, nil tha elo.
ments necessary to give new life and rich
ness to the blood and restore shattered
norves. Tbey are an unfailing speciflo for
ueu uiseases as locomotor ntnxin, partial
paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, Sciatica, neural
gia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the
after effeot of la grippe, palpitation of tho
heart, pale and sallow complexions, all
forms of wenknoss either In mnln or femnln
The Pink Pills are sold by all donlcrs, or will
be sent post paid on receipt of prioe, 60 oonts
a box, or six boxeB for 2.50 they are
never sold In bulk or by tho 100) by address
ing Dr. Williams' Hediotne Co., Schenec
tady, N. Y.
Food Thnt Makes Brains.
According to a celebrated health ex
pert blanched almonds give the higher
nerve of brain and muscle food, and
the man who wishes to keep his brain
power up would do well to include
them in his daily bill of fare. Juicy
fruits give more or less the higher
nerve or brum, and are eaten by all
men whose living depends on their
clear-headedness. Applos supply the
brain with rest. Prunes afford proof
against nervousness, but are not
mnsole feeding. They should be
avoided by those who suffer from tho
liver. But it has been proved that
fruits do not have the same effect up
on everybody. Home men have never
been able to eat apples without suffer
ing tho agony of indigestion; to others,
strawberries are like poison.
Europe's Largest Galleries.
The ten largest lino art galleries iu
Europe- are: Gallery of Versailles,
with 13000, Koyal Gallery of Dresden,
2200; Muiso, of the Grado, Madrid,
1833; Gallery of the Louvre, Paris,
1800; Jmpenul Ilemitage, St. Peters
burg, 1031; Belvedere Gallery, Vionna,
ioou; xne I'inosothok, Munich, 1422;
the Old Museum, Berlin, 1250; Ulllzi
Gallery Florence, 1200; National
Gallery, London, 002.
:
Cool, Bracing Days, These
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Electric Vegetables.
Ill India grows the electric plant, or
rhilotaeoa electrica. If a leaf of this
plant is broken off the hand that does so
immediately receives an eleotrio shock
equal to that produced by an induction
coil. At a distance of six yards a mag-
uetio needle is affected, and will be
derauged if brought close to it. Tho
energy of tho plant's electrical influ
ence varies with tho time of day. All
powerful about 2 o'clock in the after
noon, it is absolutely gone during the
hours of the night, and during rain
the plaut loses its influence. No shock
in felt in breaking the leaves at those
times, and the neodle is unaffected.
Birds or insects nevor alight on the
electric plaut, their instinct warning
them of their dangor in doing so.
Where it grows none of the mngnetio
metals are found neither idon, co
balt nor nickel thus proving that the
electrical forco belougs exclusively to
the plant.
l'nper Piping.
The experiments being conducted iu
Italy with pipes made of paper are at
tracting universal attention. The ma
terial used is celluloso paper, soaked
in asphalt. The pipes are said to be
impermeable, capable of resisting
heavy pressure, not subject to the or
dinary deterioration and not affected
by the action of eloetrio currents. If
the continued use shall confirm the.
expectations warranted by the practi
cal tents, it is probable that tho under
ground pipe making industry will bo
revolutionized, providing the cost of
manufacture does not forbid a market.
No thoroughly effeotive remedy for
rust and wear, caused by ground elec
tric wiren, has been discovered, unless
indeed this may prove the one, aud a
relief from these evils will be eagerly
embraced, even if a radical change iu
construction and material of the pip
ing is necessary.
MRS. PETERSON'S STORY.
I have Buffered with womb Iroublo
over fifteen years. I had inflammation,
enlargement and displacement of tho
womb.
The doctor wanted mo to take treat
ments, but I had just begun taking
Mrs. l inkham g .
Compound, and
my husband
Bald I had
uciier wait
nnd see i
how much
oriorl fVinf JZTTt
would do
me. I was
so sick when I
began with her
medicine, I could
hardly be on my
feet. ' I had the
backache con
stantly, also headache, and
was so dizzy. I had heart trouble, it
seemed as though my heart was in my
throat at times choking mo. I could
not walk around and I could not lie
down, for then my heart would beat so
fast I would feel as though I was
smothering. I had to sit up in bed
nights in order to breathe. I was so
weak I could not do anything.
1 have now taken several bottles of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and used three packages of
Sanative Wash, and can soy I am
perfectly cured. I do not think I
could have lived long if Mrs. Pink
ham's medicine had uot helped me.
Mrs. Joseph. Fbtebson, 613 East St.,
Warren, Pa.
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